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BA47
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9 months ago
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Email attachments to Dropbox not working

I have set up the option to email attachments to my Dropbox folder and have tried several times and from different email addresses but nothing is ever showing up in the designated Dropbox folder. A...
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  • BA47's avatar
    BA47
    9 months ago

    Yes, I have been. It seems it's a Mac Mail issue rather than the feature not working. 

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Rich
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9 months ago
BA47 wrote:

I have set up the option to email attachments to my Dropbox folder ... but nothing is ever showing up in the designated Dropbox folder.

Are you sending the message directly to the Dropbox-generated email address, or are you using a forwarding email? It will only work if you send the message directly to the email address generated by Dropbox.

  • BA47's avatar
    BA47
    New member | Level 2
    9 months ago

    Yes, I have been. It seems it's a Mac Mail issue rather than the feature not working. 

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      9 months ago

      I'm glad we managed to clear this out and thanks for your updates on this BA47 

      Let us know if anything else comes up! 

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